Pacific Siren

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada states that "On 09 May 2012 at approximately 2030 Pacific Daylight Time, the small fishing vessel Pacific Siren, loaded with prawn gear, heeled to starboard and capsized off Banks Island, British Columbia. All 3 crew members abandoned the vessel into a small inflatable boat and were stranded at Terror Point on Banks Island for 9 days until they were rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard. " "The Pacific Siren was a small carvel-built fishing vessel of closed construction with a rounded bilge and steel hull. It was constructed in 1984 as a trawler/troller and was modified to a longline/trap vessel in 2007. The main deck was surrounded by solid bulwark and railings. A fibreglass‑over‑plywood deckhouse contained the galley, dinette, and helm station and was located forward of amidships on the main deck. The deckhouse was accessible through a door on the starboard side of the main deck. Below the main deck, the hull was subdivided by 3 transverse watertight bulkheads into 4 compartments: a forward crew accommodation space, an engine room, an insulated and refrigerated fish hold, and a lazarette. The vessel was fitted with an aluminum stern platform that extended approximately 1.5 m aft of the main deck. An aluminum baiting claim spanning the width of the vessel covered the stern extension. A longline drum was fitted forward of the baiting claim, and a sorting table was located aft of the deckhouse. The vessel had two 1800 L fuel tanks located on either side of the main engine and a water tank of approximately 380 L located in the lazarette. "